Mica Summers

'The eyes are useless when the mind is Blind'

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julietxhawthorne:

“Maybe they are planning on having a party soon? I mean, I’m glad the door was open. If it wasn’t, it would have definitely made it harder for us.” Juliet said quickly. Mica was definitely a very observant girl. It was funny because Juliet wouldn’t have thought so since she was blind. But the other senses Mica had seemed to heighten. Juliet would have to make note of that in the future.

Juliet let Mica take her arm as they walked into the bar. Juliet noticed a guy mopping the floors. There was dried up blood on the tile. Juliet’s eyes widened and she paused in her step as the guy glanced up and stared at her.

“Hey… how did you two get in here?” He demanded.

“The door was open…” Juliet muttered. “I was hoping I could talk to someone that was here last night?” She pursed her lips. “I just… I have a question and it can’t wait.”

“The bartenders should be showing up soon. You can ask them.” The guy said before he continued mopping.

The sudden voice of a stranger caused Mica to jump slightly, the voice not particularly friendly. A security presence was severely lacking since the man didn’t react to the front doors to the establishment being unlocked. Odd, but from the sound of it being pushed around by the mop and the motion that the shape of his aura was making, she figured he was part of the cleaning crew. So with that observation in account, it wasn’t very odd.

Lady, on the other hand, wanted to do quite a bit of investigating. The German Shepherd had caught the scent of blood. Her nose was to the ground and she went right to the bit of dry blood that was on the tile, not yet cleaned up.

“Lady.” Mica tried to get the dog back to her side, even ordered her to heel, but the canine refused to listen. “Sorry. Normally she listens better. Are you cleaning up food or something?” she asked, not quite sure why Lady was acting this way. Never before had she fought her to sniff something. She was definitely an escape artist some times, but this normally didn’t happen.

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aaron: 

He shifted a little, furrowing his brow as she mentioned his confidence meaning that he was attractive, “Wait, you don’t think I’m attractive?” he replied, guessing that she didn’t, hence her wording. He pretended to be offended, for a moment, before an amused smile settled back in as he listened to the rest of her spiel. The smile slipped off when she mentioned keeping the topic off him, before he forced it back to his lips. “I’d confirm that, but that would be ruining my elusiveness.” he replied with a chuckle, turning to order a beer. “Can I buy you a drink?”

There was a slight grimace when he presumed she didn’t find him attractive. The wording she used could easily be taken that way, given he didn’t know of her disability. Aaron didn’t seem too heartbroken over the comment, offering to buy her a drink. “Yes please. A margarita sounds good.” Mica waited for him to order the drinks before she set things straight. “By the way, I don’t think you’re unattractive. I just have no clue what you look like.” A smile was forced before she continued. “I can’t see you. But hey, it just add to your elusiveness.” she teased, smirking slightly.

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julietxhawthorne:

Of course she would insist on going inside with her. Juliet wouldn’t have expected anything left from the girl. If the door was locked, Juliet would just break it open. But then she remembered she couldn’t do that around a human. Well, this girl couldn’t see so maybe she could get away with it?

Juliet walked up to the door and gave it a hard yank and it opened. “Nope, not locked.” Juliet held the door open. “After you.”

Juliet held out her arm just in case the girl needed extra support. There were no stairs or anything but she didn’t want Mica to run into the doorframe and hurt herself.

Mica cocked a brow in surprise, really not thinking that the door would open that easy.  There was a little skepticism, but there was no reason to be. Not like Juliet could have super strength or some super power like that. It was shrugged off, not before she voiced her opinion. “Strange. Most places keep the doors locked when they’re not open.” she noted as she passed through, acting like she didn’t know about the arm being held out. The gesture was nice, but her pride was getting in the way.

“Any of the workers look familiar?” she asked, waiting for Juliet to be by her side before proceeding in any further. Mica took hold of her upper arm once more, figuring this might be a little more tricky with maneuverings around tables.

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julietxhawthorne:

Juliet chuckled. “Yeah… I’ve been to a lot of places.” She said. She would love to open Mica’s horizons. She knew she was blind but that didn’t mean she couldn’t go and enjoy places outside of her apartment. She definitely needed to get out of the house, as did Juliet. “Yeah, I’d be down to have a girls night out on the town.” Juliet smiled. “I think that would be fun!”

They finally arrived at the next bar, Continuum. Juliet pursed her lips. “Maybe I should just go in and talk to the manager?” She suggested. She knew they weren’t open but she could smell that a few people were inside. They were most likely cleaning up and getting ready to open again. 

There was a smile on her face as the other agreed to future plans. A night out with a girlfriend just might be what the doctor order, but that would have to wait. They were arriving at the night club and the streets were empty, or at least she couldn’t see any auras. Mica still had a hold of Juliet’s arm and face where she thought the entrance of the building would be.

“Sure, we can go talk to the manager.” There was a small smile as she didn’t know if the other was insinuating she stay outside while she went in alone. That just wasn’t going to happen. Mica wasn’t very keen on waiting outside the Contimuun at early hours of the morning when there was most likely a bunch of weirdos around that didn’t find their way home yet from a night of partying. “You think the doors are locked?”

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aaronharmxn: 

He was impressed, that much was obvious in the way he raised eyebrows and nodded approvingly. “Smart girl, I barely graduated high school.” he admitted, the only reason he’d bothered to graduate was his father’s insistence that it was what his mother wanted for him. You couldn’t disappoint a dead woman, and he was pretty sure that his deceased mother was the reason they merely allowed him, when his grades would’ve meant repeating a year normally. He sat down on the stool next to her, leaning his elbow on the bar as he turned his body to face her with a small smile as he watched her. “Well, I’m merely curious. See how good you are and all.”

“Well, let’s find out, shall we?” There was a bit of a grin on her face as she continued. “Give me a bit of break though since I’ve been in the same room with you for about an hour. You’re charming and I’m guessing by the sense of confidence you’re attractive. Besides that, you’re not exactly easy to get a good read on, Aaron. You’re sort of elusive, though I have a feel that is on purpose and is why you like to hear about others and keep the topic off you.” There small smile before she turned to face him. “How did I do?”

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julietxhawthorne:

“Oh…” Juliet pursed her lips and glanced down to the ground. “I’m sorry to hear about your sister.” Juliet found herself wanting to open up to Mica about her own family and how she’s experienced death before as well but she knew she couldn’t. Her family was the key to her hidden secret and Mica was human which meant she didn’t know anything about the supernatural.

Juliet’s chest ached just thinking about her family. “Seems like you need something to do with your time. And a friend.” Juliet observed. “Maybe we could hang out sometime, you know, outside of this little investigation. I mean… I don’t have many friends here in town yet so it would be nice to not always be alone.” And Juliet meant what she said. Ever since Sebastian had left, she’s felt more alone than ever, and she hated being alone. It caused her to think too much and make rash decisions. Which is exactly what had happened the night before.

The words coming out of Juliet’s mouth made Mica’s heart leap. There were even some tears welling that she was fighting back. The chance of a friend entering her life and lightening the little void she was feeling in her life was a bit overwhelming. “A friend would be nice.” she agreed, nodding in agreement. Despite the bizarre meeting, she was willing to gamble a bit and see if a friendship could blossom.

“Well I do need to pick your brain about where you’ve traveled. I have been meaning to get out of the apartment more, perhaps we can go out for a night together.” A smile was forming as the couple of ideas popped in her head. A part of her grateful that she couldn’t get any shut eye earlier, forcing her on her walk that lead her to Juliet.

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aaronharmxn:

He nodded approvingly, before a cheeky smile curved his lips as he studied her, “So, if I don’t watch out, you’ll do your psychologist thing on me?” he asked teasingly, pretending to be concerned as he was busted with his answer. He shrugged a little, “Yeah, best way to make friends and other things.” he chuckled, when joining her on the other side of the bar he turned to look over his shoulder to see the time, noting he had little of his shift left to keep him on this side of the bar. “Persuaded.” he admitted, before he muttered a quick be right back as he moved backwards to clock out of his shift and let himself into the main section of the pub. “So psychology, how far into it are you?”

The night was looking promising, or at least that she wouldn’t be spending it all by herself. That gave her a bit of burst of energy and a great big smile spread across her face when he said he was persuaded. Mica watched his aura disappear, it still mainly red. The room was still mainly empty, but she watched the human figures filled with color until Aaron returned. “I’ve completed my four year degree and am about half way through the grad program. Roughly in a year and a half to two years I’ll have my masters.” A playful smirk crossed her face. “Are you trying to figure out how well I can do that psychologist thing on you?” Mica did air quotes around the words psychologist thing as she laughed slightly.  

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rizaxsarai:

She exhaled softly at the girls’ question, wishing the research was more into the legends and not the very real danger the town seemed to be in again. “More recent, I’m afraid.” she admitted, “The uh, the recent disease. The giant hole in the sky. It’s all strange timing. Don’t you think?”

The rip in the sky she had to take everyone else’s word on it as she couldn’t look up and see it for herself. Not many brought it up, thinking she was some meek blind woman that shouldn’t get involved, perhaps they were right. “I don’t know much about the rip in the sky, can’t even see it for myself. The epidemic I unfortunately had bit more of a run in, but yes they’re awfully happened closed to one another and I could easily seeing them being linked. What do you know? If you don’t mind telling me, don’t really have anyone willing to talk about it in my life.”

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julietxhawthorne:

“More often than not.” Juliet snickered. “I use to travel the world with my roommate, Sebastian and there was never a dull moment. So now… living in this town… it’s caused me to be a bit antsy.” Juliet shrugged. “And Sebastian isn’t around at the moment, he’s off on a business trip, so I’m just here, having to occupy myself any way that I can.”

Juliet didn’t mind getting to know the girl, Mica. She just didn’t want her to get too curious or too suspicious. Being a vampire wasn’t something Juliet told a lot of people, if anyone. Certainly not humans. It was a god sent that Mica couldn’t see because if she had, she’d already know why Juliet was being so secretive.

“What about you?” Juliet asked, trying to change the subject. “What do you tend to do around here?”

Travel. That was piqued her interest as she didn’t get out of this rink a dink town very often. It sounded amazing to her ears, getting out there and experiencing new things. The town wasn’t exactly dull, with what was all going on, but she understood being antsy to get out. That was how many of the residents felt these days.

“Ugh, I’m totally going to bug you about your travels. I’m going to have to live vicariously through you.” A small laugh left her lips before she lead into answering the question. “Work and school. I head out to the little events the town puts on sometime, nothing really exciting. I use to spend a lot of free time with my little sister, but she passed away. So now it is just me and Lady.” Exactly why she confided the bit of information in Juliet, someone she barely knew, was a mystery. It felt good to air it out a bit.

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aaronharmxn:

“That was my plan all along,” he replied easily, “I supply the drinks, and you spill.” it was the occupation of a bartender after all, he wouldn’t be surprised if they started putting that in the job description for future adverts. He often used it to his advantage, any information he could gain could always be put away for further reference and used should he need it. There was always a surprising amount that could be done with the knowledge he obtained through his work, and he never minded listening. “What did you study?” he asked intrigued, given his education never extended beyond high school, something that he barely did. When the question was turned on him he sighed softly, “Buy strangers drinks.” he replied with a grin, though that wasn’t exactly entirely true. He shrugged a little, “Not much else though,” he added, his extracurriculars not being one he wanted to get into.

“I’m studying Psychology, pretty interesting stuff.” Why people do what they do always fascinated her. Figuring out one’s brain was impossible and there were always twists. “Buy strangers drinks.” The sentence was repeated. This fellow must have been a major flirt. She wondered what he looked like for a moment, her settling on most likely pretty attractive. “Well sounds like you know your way around very well.” Another sip drained the glass and she pushed it to the side, not sure she wanted another one right away. The plan was to have fun, but she still needed to pace herself. Mica doubted that was all he ever did, especially since it was a pretty closed answer. Not one to pry, she changed topics. “Well Aaron, what do I have to do to persuade you to spend a little time with me on this side or the bar or have you already been persuaded?”

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rizaxsarai:

“Oh, I can imagine that would be frustrating, especially with a closed adoption.” whilst the experience wasn’t one she’d had, she had seen it through many hospitals over the years. “Oh, just some things about the town, I suppose.”  

Intrigued now, Mica tilted her head to the side. Was there another person out there besides Melanie that believed in those old legends? “Not those old legends of Braddock or something more interesting than those?” There was a small smile on her face as she hoped Riza didn’t find her being intrusive.  

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julietxhawthorne:

Juliet glanced at Mica. She could tell that the girl was getting suspicious but she wasn’t sure what she could do at this point. The girl wasn’t exactly going to leave her, not until she investigated with Juliet to figure out what had happened that night. But Juliet didn’t want her to find out the truth. She’d have to lie to her but Juliet wasn’t the best of liars.

Juliet pursed her lips and stood up from the couch. She leaned down to offer her arm to Mica. She didn’t want the girl to run into anything on the way out or even fall down the stairs as they left the apartment complex. She was blind which could make things challenging, but she seemed to be acclimated to it. Juliet definitely wouldn’t be like that if she were blind.

“You can take my arm if you’d like.”

Getting down the stairs and out of the apartment complex she could do on her own, but she would be holding up Juliet. The time it takes her to go down the stairs with Lady leading would be longer than if a human lead the way. Mica’s lips curled into a smile. The offer to help was and she appreciated it. “Thanks.” Juliet’s upper arm near the shoulder was taken hold of and she studied the ray of color again.

“I’ll be faster this way.” she threw in. Lady was right at her heels as she didn’t feel like leaving her companion behind, so she didn’t even ask if it was alright. Mica let herself be guided by Juliet, only having minimal problems going down the stairs.

“You normally go out often?” The question wasn’t meant to pry, just start some small talk on their little trip to the other bar. Kill some time. Maybe a tiny bit of her wanted to find out more about this stranger.

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julietxhawthorne:

Juliet pursed her lips. She wasn’t sure how to go about doing this with a human, or if she should do anything with her. Maybe she should just send her on her way? Then maybe Mica would get more suspicious and Juliet couldn’t have that happening.

“Uh… he said I went to another bar.” Juliet cleared her throat. “He said I mentioned going to the… Continuum? I think that’s what it’s called.” Juliet muttered. She wasn’t surprised by that information. She could have easily found a human to drink from there. That also made her nervous. Had she drank from a human after all? She assumed that she’d know if she had but then again, she could never be too sure.

“I guess… we could go there and ask around?” Juliet suggested. “I think it’s closed but maybe someone around there saw something?”

She hoped not.

Another bar. The girl clearly knew how to party, but she said earlier rarely got in to mischief? More and more didn’t add up about Juliet. Curiosity got the better of her and she was instantly nodding in agreement of investigating further over at the Continuum club.

“I’ve heard of it. Let’s go. Sure there are some stragglers around.” Mica stood up ready to go. “Ready when you are.” The brunette eyed the aura some more, for any slight changes. There was the little back spot that everyone had. Everyone’s were a different size and most grew in size over time, though she didn’t know what that meant. No book could tell her and she hadn’t asked Melanie if she knew anything besides the white auras.

“Lead the way whenever you’re ready.”

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aaronharmxn:

“Not many people come here to party, but I get it.” he replied, raising his hands in surrender, managing to keep the smile in place as he wracked his brains for a new line of questioning. “So, you come here often?” he joked, “Kidding, how about you tell me about you Mica Summers, I’m a great listener.”

A grin spread across her face as she noticed that his hands went up in the air playfully. The humor settled her down a bit and she eased back to resting her elbows back on the bar. “Careful, I’m sipping on a long Island. You may just get my whole life story.” There was a soft hum that left her lips as she looked up, thinking about what was worth telling. “Wow, I’m really such a bore now that I think of it. I’m a graduate student at Mount Prospect University and a receptionist at Olde Braddock Inn. I’m normally just going back between the two and then spending my nights at my apartment. . .”There was a small shrug as she wanted to leave it at that and not get on the sappy side of things. “What about you Aaron, what do you do when you’re not getting strangers their drinks?” A long sip was taken of her drink and she was already getting a small buzz from it.

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rizaxsarai:

She nodded a couple of times, “I just meant my ignorance and rudeness, I meant no offense–” she began before her eyes dropped to the hand to shake and she smiled a little, immediately taking the girls to shake with no hesitation. “Riza Sarai, it’s very nice to meet you Mica, what were you looking for?”

There were no hard feelings, she just didn’t want to dwell much on the mishaps. A smile grew as the conversation moved passed it all. “The Librarian, she normally helps me sift through stuff. Had an idea on how to find my birth parents, though it will probably lead to nothing, closed adoption. What are you working so hard on?”

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julietxhawthorne:

Juliet watched the dog, it seemed a bit excited as well as nervous. Her nose was going wild, even if she was finally in one spot. Juliet pursed her lips, hoping the dog didn’t smell anything that could reveal who she really was. Juliet clasped her hands in front of her, circling her thumbs and staring at the dog.

“Uh yeah..” Juliet muttered. “I could call the pub.” Juliet didn’t want to though. She was too nervous to find out what she had done or what she might have done. She also didn’t want this stranger, Mica, to find out. Her being a vampire was supposed to be a secret and she needed to keep it that way.

Juliet grabbed her cell phone and dialed the Pub’s number. She licked her lips and then bit her bottom lip, nervously, as she put the phone to her ear. It rang, and rang, and rang. Juliet averted her eyes away from Mica and Lady when someone answered. Then she remembered that Mica couldn’t see.

“Hi, yes, I just need to ask you a few questions…” Juliet muttered into the phone. “Do you remember seeing a brown haired girl in a leather jacket last night at the bar?” She asked carefully. “And… what was she doing? Just drinking? Oh, she left around midnight?” Juliet gnawed on her bottom lip. “Do you by any chance know where she went?” Juliet’s eyes widened when the guy on the other hand told her about her saying how thirsty she was. “Okay, well thank you for you’re help.”

Juliet hung up quickly and gripped the phone in one hand until he knuckles turned white. “I guess I was there until midnight, drinking.” Juliet said to Mica, careful to not divulge any other information.

There was something odd going on. Mica figured that she would want to connect the dots of what happened last night a bit more, but she seemed rather reluctant to the idea. A sip of water was taken while the call was placed. The whole time she was listening in, though it was hard to hear the person on the other end. Only a few words she could catch from the worker at the pub. All the questions were mentally noted in her mind and she turned to face Juliet when she hung up.

Not unusual to be at a bar until midnight. Mica would have left it alone to if her aura hadn’t slightly changed to more of a muddy blue. Any color when it turned darker wasn’t a good sign and this was a indication she was afraid of speaking or facing the truth.

“I caught that part.” Mica was getting suspicious all over again of the situation. The glass of water was set on the table and her hands folded in her lap. “What they say when you asked where you went? We can check there if they gave you a location or a direction.”

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timothygardner:

Timothy watched the young woman as she knelt to reclaim the dog. “She seems like a bit of a handful,” he said, chuckling. He shook her hand once she was standing again. “Timothy Gardner. Nice to meet you,” he reached down to scratch Lady’s head. “And you, Lady.”

Tim had always liked animals, but his life had never been one very well suited to pets. Even now, the small apartment he shared with Charlie couldn’t really support a pet, but Spencer had trusted Charlie with his dog, Alpha, and Timmy could admit that the lab’s presence helped him sleep slightly better. “How long have you and Lady been together?” He couldn’t help but be curious. Clearly Mica and Lady had some issues, but he could also tell the pair cared for each other.

Mica looked to the sky as she counted the weeks in her mind that Lady had been around. “Not very long, about two months” It was an estimate. All the strange happenings and the plague, time had slipped by in a blink of an eye. “Despite her just ditching me, she is pretty good. Guess sometimes I’m just too slow and she has a lot of energy so she goes on without me. When it counts, she does right by me.” The canine hadn’t really made a good first impression now that Mica thought about it, running off like that.“Do you have any pets? You seem pretty good with her.” Lady was sniffing around there feet now, happy as can be. Mica was curious to find out a little more about the new stranger.